User terminal and radio communication method

ABSTRACT

To appropriately control UL transmission such as a CSI reporting when performing communication by applying a different configuration from those of legacy LTE systems, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmission section that transmits one or more UL signals by using an uplink shared channel based on an instruction from a base station; and a control section that controls the transmission assuming that transmission durations of a plurality of UL signals do not overlap in a same symbol, or, when at least part of the transmission durations of the plurality of UL signals overlap in the same symbol, performs control to select and transmit the part of the UL signals.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a user terminal and a radiocommunication method of a next-generation mobile communication system.

BACKGROUND ART

In Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks, for thepurpose of higher data rates and lower latency, Long Term Evolution(LTE) has been specified (Non-Patent Literature 1). Furthermore, for thepurpose of a larger capacity and higher sophistication than those of LTE(LTE Rel. 8 and 9), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A and LTE Rel. 10, 11, 12 and 13)has been specified.

LTE successor systems (also referred to as, for example, Future RadioAccess (FRA), the 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G+(plus), New Radio (NR), New Radio Access (NX), Future generation radioaccess (FX) and LTE Rel. 14, 15 or subsequent releases) are alsostudied.

In legacy LTE systems (e.g., LTE Rel. 8 to 13), a user terminal (UE:User Equipment) periodically and/or aperiodically transmits ChannelState Information (CSI) to a base station. The UE transmits the CSI byusing an uplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel)and/or an uplink shared channel (PUSCH: Physical Uplink Shared Channel).

CITATION LIST Non-Patent Literature

Non-Patent Literature 1: 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.12.0 “Evolved UniversalTerrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal TerrestrialRadio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2 (Release8)”, April 2010

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

It is studied for a future radio communication system (e.g., NR) to usea different uplink shared channel configuration from those of legacy LTEsystems (e.g., LTE Rel. 13 and prior releases). Although, for example,the legacy LTE systems control PUSCH transmission in a subframe unit, itis also assumed for NR that PUSCH transmission (or allocation of aPUSCH) is controlled in a symbol unit.

Thus, when a CSI reporting is performed by applying a differentconfiguration (e.g., PUSCH configuration) from those of the legacy LTEsystems, it is difficult to apply a CSI reporting control method of thelegacy LTE systems as is.

The present invention has been made in light of this point, and one ofobjects of the present invention is to provide a user terminal and aradio communication method that can appropriately control ULtransmission such as a CSI reporting when communication is performed byapplying a different configuration from those of legacy LTE systems.

Solution to Problem

A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosureincludes: a transmission section that transmits one or more UL signalsby using an uplink shared channel based on an instruction from a basestation; and a control section that controls the transmission assumingthat transmission durations of a plurality of UL signals do not overlapin a same symbol, or, when at least part of the transmission durationsof the plurality of UL signals overlap in the same symbol, performscontrol to select and transmit the part of the UL signals.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible toappropriately control UL transmission such as a CSI reporting whencommunication is performed by applying a different configuration fromthose of legacy LTE systems.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating one example of transmission control ofA-CSI.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating one example of UL transmission controlaccording to a first aspect.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating another example of ULtransmission control according to the first aspect.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating one example of UL transmission controlaccording to a second aspect.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of UL transmissioncontrol according to the second aspect.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating another example of ULtransmission control according to the second aspect.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating another example of ULtransmission control according to the second aspect.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating one example of UL transmission controlaccording to a third aspect.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating one example of a schematicconfiguration of a radio communication system according to oneembodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating one example of an overallconfiguration of a radio base station according to the one embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating one example of a functionconfiguration of the radio base station according to the one embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating one example of an overallconfiguration of a user terminal according to the one embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating one example of a functionconfiguration of the user terminal according to the one embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating one example of hardware configurationsof the radio base station and the user terminal according to the oneembodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

According to legacy LTE systems (Rel. 10 to 13), a reference signal formeasuring a channel state on downlink is specified. A reference signalfor channel state measurement is also referred to as a Cell-specificReference Signal (CRS) or a Channel State Information-Reference Signal(CSI-RS), and a reference signal that is used to measure Channel StateInformation (CSI) such as a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), a PrecodingMatrix Indicator (PMI) or a Rank Indicator (RI).

A UE feeds back a result measured based on the reference signal forchannel state measurement as CSI to a base station. As a CSI feedbackmethod, a Periodic CSI (P-CSI) reporting and an Aperiodic CSI (A-CSI)reporting are specified.

When performing a P-CSI reporting, the UE feeds back P-CSI per givenperiodicity (e.g., a 5 subframe periodicity or a 10 subframeperiodicity). The UE transmits the P-CSI by using an uplink controlchannel of a given cell (e.g., a Primary Cell (PCell), a PUCCH cell or aPrimary Secondary Cell (PSCell)).

When uplink data (e.g., PUSCH) is not transmitted at a given timing(given subframe) at which the P-CSI is reported, the UE transmits theP-CSI by using an uplink control channel (e.g., PUCCH). On the otherhand, when uplink data is transmitted at the given timing, the UE cantransmit P-CSI by using an uplink shared channel.

When performing an A-CSI reporting, the UE transmits A-CSI according toa CSI trigger (also referred to as a CSI request) from a base station.For example, the UE performs the A-CSI reporting a given timing (e.g., 4subframes) after receiving the CSI trigger.

The CSI trigger notified from the base station is included in downlinkcontrol information (e.g., DCI format 0/4) for an Uplink schedulinggrant (UL grant) that is transmitted by using a downlink controlchannel. In addition, the UL grant may be DCI for schedulingtransmission of UL data (e.g., PUSCH) and/or transmission of a ULsounding (measurement) signal.

The UE transmits the A-CSI by using an uplink shared channel indicatedby the UL grant according to the trigger included in the downlinkcontrol information for the UL grant. Furthermore, when CA is applied,the UE can receive a UL grant (including an A-CSI trigger) for a certaincell by a downlink control channel of another cell.

By the way, it is considered for a future radio communication system(e.g., NR) to use a CSI reporting that uses a different configurationfrom those of legacy LTE systems (e.g., LTE Rel. 13 or prior releases).

The legacy LTE systems control a CSI reporting by using an uplink sharedchannel (e.g., PUSCH) for which allocation is controlled in a subframeunit. On the other hand, it is assumed for NR to perform a CSI reportingby using a PUSCH for which allocation is controlled in an OFDM symbol(also referred to as a symbol below) unit.

Thus, when a CSI reporting (e.g., A-CSI reporting) is performed byapplying a different PUSCH configuration from those of the legacy LTEsystems, it is difficult to apply a CSI reporting control method of thelegacy LTE systems as is.

When, for example, UL transmission that uses a given symbol (or ULtransmission to be allocated to a given symbol) is restricted to one ULtransmission, i.e., when transmission is performed such that a pluralityof UL transmission durations do not overlap in the same symbol, how abase station side controls an instruction (or a trigger) of ULtransmission matters.

When, for example, Carrier Aggregation (CA) that uses a plurality ofcells (or CCs) is applied, how the base station controls the number oftriggers for A-CSI reports that overlap in the same symbol matters. Thatis, whether or not the base station side permits an instruction of ULtransmission whose transmission durations overlap in at least part ofsymbols matters. Furthermore, when an instruction of UL transmissionwhose transmission durations overlap in at least part of symbols ispermitted, how to control UL transmission matters.

FIG. 1 illustrates a case where the base station triggers a plurality ofpieces of A-CSI whose transmission durations overlap in at least a givensymbol. In this regard, A-CSI #1 and A-CSI #2 are respectively triggeredby different pieces of Downlink Control Information (e.g., DCI).Furthermore, the base station instructs the UE to transmit the A-CSI #1and the A-CSI #2 by using a PUSCH #1 and a PUSCH #2 whose transmissiondurations overlap in at least part of symbols.

When triggering, for example, a plurality of pieces of A-CSI (or PUSCHs)whose transmission durations overlap in at least part of symbols ispermitted (see FIG. 1), how the UE controls transmission of, forexample, the pieces of triggered A-CSI matters.

Hence, the inventors of the present invention have studied whether ornot UL transmission such as pieces of A-CSI whose transmission durationsoverlap in a symbol unit is triggered, and transmission control of ULtransmission, and conceived a method for appropriately performing the ULtransmission.

An embodiment according to the present disclosure will be described indetail with reference to the drawings. A radio communication methodaccording to each embodiment may be each applied alone, or may beapplied in combination.

In this regard, “overlap” means that a plurality of signals and/orchannels are transmitted in at least part of identical time resources(e.g., same symbol) (transmission is triggered or scheduled). Inaddition, “overlap” may be read as “collide” or “overlapping”.

A time resource unit is not limited to a symbol, and may be read as aslot, a mini slot or a subframe.

Furthermore, the following aspects are applicable not only to a casewhere CA is performed but also to a case where CA is not performed.Furthermore, A-CSI will be mainly cited as UL transmission as an exampleand described in the following description. However, the embodiment maybe applied to other UL transmission. The other UL transmission may be ULdata (or PUSCH) transmission that is scheduled by Downlink ControlInformation (e.g., DCI), UL data (or PUSCH) transmission that is notscheduled by DCI, or Sounding Reference Signal (e.g., SRS) transmission.

Furthermore, the following aspects may be applied to P-CSI or SP-CSI,too. The SP-CSI indicates a CSI reporting that uses a semi-permanently(semi-continuously or semi-persistently) indicated resource.

First Aspect

According to the first aspect, UL transmission (e.g., A-CSI reporting)that uses a given symbol is restricted to one UL transmission in atleast a given cell. That is, a plurality of UL transmission (e.g.,pieces of A-CSI) whose transmission durations overlap in a given symbolis restricted, and triggering is controlled such that UL transmissiondoes not overlap at a symbol level.

A UE may assume that A-CSI reportings triggered by different pieces ofDCI do not overlap in the same symbol in a given serving cell. When, forexample, an A-CSI reporting is performed by using a PUSCH, the UEassumes that PUSCH resources to which A-CSI triggered by each DCI iseach allocated are scheduled to symbols that do not overlap (see FIG.2).

FIG. 2 illustrates one example of a case where a PUSCH #1 used fortransmission of A-CSI #1 and a PUSCH #2 used for transmission of A-CSI#2 are scheduled to respectively different symbols (e.g., symbols thatdo not overlap). DCI for instructing triggering of the A-CSI #1 mayinclude scheduling information (e.g., resource information of the PUSCH#1) of the PUSCH #1. Similarly, DCI for instructing triggering of theA-CSI #2 may include scheduling information of the PUSCH #2 (e.g.,resource information of the PUSCH #2).

Thus, by restricting UL transmission (e.g., A-CSI reporting) that uses agiven symbol to one UL transmission, it is not necessary to take intoaccount a case where a plurality of UL transmission overlap, so that itis possible to simplify transmission processing of, for example, A-CSI.

In addition, when CA is applied on UL, a plurality of pieces of A-CSI(or a plurality of PUSCHs on which each A-CSI is multiplexed) triggeredby different pieces of DCI may be configured to overlap in at least partof symbols between different serving cells (or CCs).

Alternatively, the UE may assume that transmission durations of A-CSIreportings triggered by different pieces of DCI do not overlap in thesame symbol in at least one of a given PUCCH group and cell group. Inthis case, when CA is applied on UL, the UE assumes that a plurality ofpieces of A-CSI (or a plurality of PUSCHs on which each A-CSI ismultiplexed) do not overlap in the same symbol between a plurality ofCCs included in the same PUCCH group (or the same cell group).

The PUCCH group is a group including a plurality of cells includingsecondary cells associated with a cell (a PCell or a PUCCH SCell) thattransmits a PUCCH. Furthermore, the cell group is a group including aMaster Cell Group (MCG) including a PCell and a Secondary Cell Group(SCG) including a PSCell in a case where Dual Connectivity (DC) isapplied.

Thus, by performing control such that transmission durations of aplurality of A-CSI reportings do not overlap in the same symbol in thePUCCH group or the cell group, it is possible to make the transmissiondurations of the A-CSI reportings overlap in the same symbol betweencells of different PUCCH groups or cell groups. As a result, when aplurality of PUCCH groups and/or cell groups are configured, it ispossible to more flexibly control the A-CSI reportings.

MODIFIED EXAMPLE

A plurality of A-CSI reportings triggered by different pieces of DCI maybe configured to be performed in an same slot. That is, control may beperformed such that transmission durations of a plurality of these A-CSIreportings (or transmission durations of a PUSCH used for each A-CSIreporting) do not overlap in the same symbol in a given slot (see FIG.3A).

In FIG. 3A, A-CSI (or the PUSCH #1 to be scheduled) triggered by DCI #1,and the A-CSI #2 (or the PUSCH #2 to be scheduled) triggered by DCI #2are transmitted in symbols of different items of content in the sameslot. Thus, by permitting triggering of UL transmission such as aplurality of pieces of A-CSI that uses different symbols in a slot, itis possible to suppress latency of, for example, the A-CSI reporting.

Alternatively, a plurality of A-CSI reportings triggered by differentpieces of DCI may be configured not to be performed in an same slot.That is, control may be performed such that transmission durations of aplurality of these A-CSI reportings (or transmission durations of PUSCHsused for each A-CSI reporting) do not overlap in the same slot (see FIG.3B). FIG. 3B illustrates a case where only A-CSI to be triggered (or thePUSCH #1 to be scheduled) by the DCI #1 is transmitted in a given slot.By so doing, it is not necessary to take into account a case where aplurality of UL transmission overlap in a slot, so that it is possibleto further simplify transmission processing of, for example, A-CSI.

Furthermore, the user terminal may report whether UL transmission (e.g.,A-CSI reporting) that uses a given symbol needs to be restricted to oneUL transmission at maximum per slot or is restricted to one ULtransmission at maximum per given symbol even though two or more ULtransmission can be performed per slot during above-described ULtransmission control as terminal capability information (UE capabilitysignaling) to a radio base station. Consequently, the radio base stationcan appropriately control UL transmission (e.g., A-CSI reporting) thatuses a given symbol based on the reported terminal capabilityinformation.

Second Aspect

According to the second aspect, while triggering a plurality of ULtransmission (e.g., A-CSI reportings) that use a given symbol ispermitted, actual UL transmission (e.g., an A-CSI reporting or PUSCHtransmission) that uses the given symbol is restricted to one ULtransmission. That is, a radio base station can trigger a plurality ofUL transmission (e.g., pieces of A-CSI) whose transmission durationsoverlap in a given symbol, and a user terminal performs control totransmit part of duplicating UL transmission (drop or cancel the rest ofUL transmission).

FIG. 4 illustrates a case where N (N>1 and N=3 in this case) PUSCHs #1to #3 overlap and are scheduled in a given symbol. For example, the basestation triggers N A-CSI (e.g., A-CSI #1 to #3) reportings that use thePUSCHs #1 to #3. The UE performs control to select and report part ofthe N A-CSI reportings (e.g., one A-CSI).

That is, when a plurality of UL transmission (e.g., A-CSI reportings (orPUSCH transmission on which pieces of A-CSI are multiplexed) transmittedby using the same symbol are triggered, the UE selects part of ULtransmission based on a given condition, and drops the rest of ULtransmission.

A case where UL transmission is controlled based on a given dropcondition or transmission condition of UL transmission (e.g., A-CSI or aPUSCH) will be described by citing an example. In addition, first PUSCHtransmission and second PUSCH transmission whose transmission starttiming comes later than that of the first PUSCH transmission will bedescribed by citing an example in the following description. However,applicable PUSCH transmission is not limited to two types of PUSCHtransmission. Furthermore, the first PUSCH transmission and the secondPUSCH transmission may be replaced with other UL transmission other thanPUSCH transmission.

UL Transmission Method 1

According to the UL transmission method 1, UL transmission (e.g., aPUSCH resource used for transmission, A-CSI transmission or UL data)that needs to be transmitted or dropped based on a transmission starttiming is decided.

For example, control may be performed to perform second PUSCHtransmission (or transmission that uses a second PUSCH resource) whosetransmission start timing is late preferentially over first PUSCHtransmission (or transmission that uses a first PUSCH resource). Thatis, when the first PUSCH transmission (or first A-CSI reporting) and thesecond PUSCH transmission (or the second A-CSI reporting) are triggered,the UE cancels the first PUSCH transmission (on-going PUSCHtransmission) whose transmission start timing is early, and performs thesecond PUSCH transmission (see FIG. 5).

In addition, dropping or cancelling given PUSCH transmission may bedefined as that transmission power given to the PUSCH transmission aftera cancelling operation is started is made a given level (e.g., −40 dBm)or less within a given time (e.g., 20 μs). In this case, it is possibleto avoid that given PUSCH transmission dropped or cancelled by the userterminal continues, and reduce an interference. Alternatively, droppingor cancelling the given PUSCH transmission may be defined as that makingtransmission quality (e.g., EVM) of the PUSCH transmission a given levelor less is permitted. In this case, whether or not to actually stop (orhow to stop) transmission depends on the user terminal, so that it ispossible to realize a cancelling operation by multiple implementations.

FIG. 5 illustrates a case where, when transmission (PUSCH #a) that usesthe first PUSCH resource whose transmission duration overlaps in atleast part of symbols, and transmission (PUSCH #b) that uses the secondPUSCH resource is triggered or scheduled, the PUSCH #b is preferentiallytransmitted. Thus, by preferentially performing transmission that usesthe second PUSCH resource whose transmission start timing is late, it ispossible to control UL transmission based on a latest instruction madeby a base station.

In FIG. 5, the UE drops or cancels a UL signal (e.g., at least one ofA-CSI and UL data) that is transmitted by using the first PUSCH resource(PUSCH #a). For example, it is assumed that the base station instructsthe UE to transmit A-CSI #a including A-CSI reporting IDs #1 and #3 byusing the PUSCH #a, and transmit A-CSI #b including A-CSI reporting IDs#2 and #4 by using the PUSCH #b. In this case, the UE performs controlto cancel the PUSCH #a, and transmit the A-CSI #b including the A-CSIreporting IDs #2 and #4 by using the PUSCH #b.

Thus, at least one of a PUSCH to be transmitted and a PUSCH to bedropped is determined based on a transmission start timing of ULtransmission (e.g., PUSCH transmission) triggered or scheduled by thebase station. Consequently, even when PUSCH transmission (e.g., A-CSIreportings) whose transmission durations overlap in at least part ofsymbols is triggered, it is possible to appropriately decide andtransmit PUSCH transmission that needs to be transmitted.

UL Transmission Method 2

According to the UL transmission method 2, transmission or ULtransmission (e.g., a PUSCH resource used for transmission, A-CSItransmission or UL data) that needs to be dropped is decided based on atleast one of a transmission start timing and a given priority condition.

For example, control may be performed to perform second PUSCHtransmission (or transmission that uses the second PUSCH resource) whosetransmission start timing is late preferentially over first PUSCHtransmission (or transmission that uses the first PUSCH resource).Furthermore, a UL signal that is transmitted by using the second PUSCHresource is determined based on the given priority condition.

The priority condition may be determined based on at least one of a ULtransmission scheme (e.g., whether UL transmission is Ultra Reliable andLow Latency Communications (URLLC) or enhanced Mobile Broad Band(eMBB)), a UL signal type, a supported cell type, and an index number ofeach signal. In addition, the priority condition may be defined inadvance by a specification, or may be notified by using at least one ofa higher layer signaling and downlink control information from the basestation to the UE.

For example, a UL signal to be transmitted (or a UL signal to bedropped) may be determined based on a following priority condition #aand priority condition #b. In this case, after decision is made based onthe priority condition #a, the priority condition #b only needs to betaken into account. In this regard, the priority condition #a indicatesa priority related to the UL transmission scheme, and the prioritycondition #b indicates a priority related to the UL signal type. Inaddition, a priority condition for a UL signal whose signal type is thesame may be further specified as the priority condition #b. In addition,the priority conditions #a and #b are one example, and are not limitedto these. A priority order of each priority condition may be switched asappropriate. Furthermore, the UL transmission scheme is not limited toULRRC and eMBB.

Priority condition #a: A UL signal that matches URLLC is prioritizedover a UL signal that matches eMBB (URLLC>eMBB)

Priority condition #b: A-CSI>A-SRS>UL data

Priority Control Example 1

It is assumed as one example that A-CSI for URLLC is triggered by one ofthe PUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b in FIG. 5, and A-CSI for eMBB is triggeredby the other one of the PUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b. In this case, the UEperforms an A-CSI reporting for URLLC by using the PUSCH #b (secondPUSCH resource) based on the priority condition #a. Control may beperformed to drop A-CSI for eMBB.

Priority Control Example 2

It is assumed as another example that A-CSI for URLLC is triggered byone of the PUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b in FIG. 5, and A-CSI for URLLC istriggered by the other one of the PUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b. In thiscase, the priority condition #a is the same, and therefore the UEdetermines the UL signal to be transmitted (or the UL signal to bedropped) based on the priority condition #b. In addition, the UL signaltype is A-CSI and the same, and therefore the priority condition for aUL signal whose signal type is the same may be applied.

The priority condition for the UL signal whose signal type is the samemay be determined based on at least one of an operation method of A-CSIin a time domain, contents of the A-CSI, a cell ID associated with theA-CSI, and a CSI reporting ID. For example, CSI to be transmitted may bedetermined based on following priority conditions #b-1 to #b-4. In thiscase, the priority conditions are preferentially applied in order of thepriority conditions #b-1 to #b-4.

Priority condition #b-1: The operation in the time domain (A-CSI>SP-CSIthat uses a PUSCH>SP-CSI that uses a PUCCH>P-CSI)

Priority condition #b-2: CSI contents (beam reporting>CSI)

Priority condition #b-3: A cell ID (PCell>PSCell>SCell (an SCell whoseindex is smaller))

Priority condition #b-4: A CSI reporting ID (a CSI reporting ID whoseindex is smaller)

FIG. 5 assumes a case as one example where the base station instructsthe UE to transmit the A-CSI #a including the A-CSI reporting IDs #1 and#3 by using the PUSCH #a, and transmit the A-CSI #b including the A-CSIreporting IDs #2 and #4 by using the PUSCH #b. When the priorityconditions #b-1 to #b-3 are the same between the A-CSI #a and the A-CSI#b, A-CSI to be transmitted is determined based on the prioritycondition #b-4. For example, the UE reports the A-CSI reporting ID #1and the A-CSI reporting ID #2 by using the PUSCH #b (second PUSCHresource).

Thus, by selecting a UL signal to be transmitted based on at least oneof the UL transmission scheme and the UL signal type, it is possible toappropriately decide and transmit a PUSCH resource and a UL signal thatneed to be transmitted even when PUSCH transmission whose transmissiondurations overlap in at least part of symbols is triggered.

Priority Control Example 3

It is assumed as another example that only A-CSI is triggered by one ofthe PUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b, and A-CSI and UL data are triggered orscheduled by the other one of the PUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b. FIG. 6illustrates that the A-CSI #a that uses the PUSCH #a and UL data aretriggered or scheduled, and the A-CSI #b that uses the PUSCH #b istriggered.

For example, it is assumed that transmission of A-CSI is prioritizedover UL data (the UL transmission scheme is the same and the prioritycondition #2 is applied). In this case, control is performed toselectively transmit the A-CSI by using the PUSCH #b (second PUSCHresource) (not to transmit UL data) (see FIG. 6A). In this case, theA-CSI that is transmitted using the PUSCH #b may be the A-CSI #b that istriggered in advance for the PUSCH #b. Alternatively, A-CSI to betransmitted may be determined based on the above-described priorityconditions #b-1 to #b-4.

Alternatively, it is assumed that transmission of UL data is prioritizedover A-CSI (e.g., A-CSI #b) (e.g., URLLC is applied to UL data, eMBB isapplied to the A-CSI #b and the priority condition #a is applied). Inthis case, control is performed to transmit the UL data preferentiallyover the A-CSI #b by using the PUSCH #b (second PUSCH resource) (seeFIG. 6B). In this case, the A-CSI that is transmitted using the PUSCH #bmay be the A-CSI #a that is triggered for the PUSCH #a similar to the ULdata. Alternatively, there may be employed a configuration where onlythe UL data is transmitted, and the A-CSI is not transmitted.

Priority Control Example 4

It is assumed as another example that only UL data is scheduled by oneof the PUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b (A-CSI and A-SRS are not triggered),and only UL data is scheduled by the other one of the PUSCH #a and thePUSCH #b (the A-CSI and the A-SRS are not triggered). In this case, ULdata to be actually transmitted is determined based on the ULtransmission scheme. When, for example, one UL data is for URLLC, andthe other UL data is for eMBB, the UL data for URLLC is transmitted byusing a given PUSCH resource (e.g., second PUSCH resource).

Priority Control Example 5

It is assumed as another example that A-SRS is triggered by one of thePUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b, and A-CSI and UL data are triggered orscheduled by the other one of the PUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b.

The UE first takes into account a transmission scheme to be applied toA-SRS, and a transmission scheme to be applied to A-CSI and UL data(priority condition #a). When, for example, URLLC is applied to theA-CSI and the UL data, and eMBB is applied to the A-SRS, the UE performscontrol to preferentially transmit the A-CSI and the UL data, and dropthe A-SRS.

When the transmission scheme to be applied to the A-SRS and thetransmission scheme to be applied to the A-CSI and the UL data are thesame, the UE determines the UL signal that is transmitted based on apriority of the UL signal type (priority condition #b). When thepriority condition #b is A-CSI>A-SRS>UL data, transmission of the A-CSIis prioritized the most, and therefore the UE transmits at least theA-CSI.

Furthermore, control may be performed to transmit the UL data that isscheduled to the same PUSCH as that of the A-CSI, and drop the A-SRS.Alternatively, control may be performed to drop the UL data, andtransmit the A-CSI and the A-SRS. Alternatively, control may beperformed to drop the UL data and the A-SRS, and transmit only theA-CSI. In addition, whether or not to transmit at least one of the ULdata and the A-SRS may be determined based on a capacity of a PUSCHresource (e.g., PUSCH #b) used for transmission.

MODIFIED EXAMPLE

Above FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate a case where, when PUSCH transmission(e.g., A-CSI reportings) whose transmission durations overlap in atleast part of symbols is triggered, the second PUSCH resource (PUSCH #b)whose transmission start timing is late is used. However, the embodimentis not limited to this. As illustrated in, for example, FIG. 7, thefirst PUSCH resource (PUSCH #a) whose transmission start timing is earlymay be used.

There may be employed a configuration where, for example, instead ofusing the second PUSCH resource (PUSCH #b) in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the firstPUSCH resource (PUSCH #a) is used as illustrated in FIGS. 7A and 7B.

Alternatively, when PUSCH transmission (e.g., A-CSI reportings) whosetransmission durations overlap in at least part of symbols is triggered,the PUSCH resource used for UL transmission may be selected based onanother parameter (e.g., the length of the transmission duration)instead of the transmission start timing.

Alternatively, a PUSCH resource used for transmission may be selectedbased on a UL signal (e.g., at least one of A-CSI and UL data) to beactually transmitted. For example, a PUSCH resource (e.g., the PUSCH #ain FIG. 6) to which the UL data is scheduled includes a larger number ofresources (e.g., PRBs) to be allocated than a PUSCH resource (e.g., thePUSCH #b in FIG. 6) that triggers only the A-CSI.

In this case, when UL data is transmitted based on a given prioritycondition, the UE may perform control to perform UL transmission using aPUSCH resource (the PUSCH #a in FIG. 6) to which the UL data has beenscheduled. Consequently, it is possible to use the PUSCH resourceallocated for UL transmission (e.g., UL data) that is actuallytransmitted, so that it is possible to avoid a problem that PUSCHresources become insufficient.

Furthermore, the above description has described the case where, when aplurality of PUSCHs used for transmission of pieces of A-CSI triggeredby different pieces of DCI overlap in a given symbol, one of the piecesof A-CSI is transmitted. However, the embodiment is not limited to this.The UE may control A-CSI to be multiplexed on the given PUSCH based on acode rate determined based on a resource amount to be allocated to thegiven PUSCH.

When, for example, the code rate becomes a given value or less in a casewhere a plurality of pieces of A-CSI triggered by different pieces ofDCI are transmitted using a given PUSCH resource, a plurality of thesepieces of A-CSI may be multiplexed on the given PUSCH and transmitted.Consequently, it is possible to transmit, for example, a larger numberof pieces of A-CSI based on, for example, a PUSCH resource used for ULtransmission, so that it is possible to improve resource use efficiency.

Third Aspect

According to the third aspect, a plurality of PUSCHs used fortransmission of, for example, pieces of A-CSI triggered by differentpieces of DCI overlap in a given symbol, control is performed to shifttransmission start timings such that a plurality of these PUSCHs do notoverlap.

FIG. 8 illustrates a case where, when transmission (PUSCH #a) that usesa first PUSCH resource that overlaps in at least part of symbols, andtransmission (PUSCH #b) that uses a second PUSCH resource are triggeredor scheduled, the transmission start timings are shifted such that thePUSCH #a and the PUSCH #b do not overlap.

In this case, FIG. 8 illustrates a case where control is performed toshift the transmission start timing of the PUSCH #b whose transmissionstart timing is late such that the PUSCH #b and the PUSCH #a do notoverlap. FIG. 8 illustrates a case where transmission start timings areshifted such that the PUSCH #b is contiguously transmitted subsequent tothe PUSCH #a (a case where a symbol next to an end symbol of the PUSCH#a is a start symbol of the PUSCH #b). Consequently, it is possible tominimize an influence of latency of the PUSCH #b.

In addition, the PUSCH #b may be shifted such that the PUSCH #a and thePUSCH #b do not become contiguous. For example, the PUSCH #b may beshifted so as to be transmitted in a subsequent given slot. The givenslot may be a slot including a time period indicated/configured as UL byUL-DL allocation defined by a higher layer signaling or UL-DL allocationindicated by a Slot Format Indication (SFI). Furthermore, when the PUSCH#b is shifted to the given slot, a transmission start symbol of thePUSCH #b in the slot may be identical to a start symbol indicated by theDCI. Consequently, it is possible to flexibly control a transmissionstart timing of the PUSCH #b.

In addition, control may be performed to transmit the PUSCH #b withoutshifting the PUSCH #b and using a symbol of the PUSCH #b that overlapswith the PUSCH #a.

Radio Communication System

The configuration of the radio communication system according to oneembodiment of the present disclosure will be described below. This radiocommunication system uses one or a combination of the radiocommunication method according to each of the above embodiment of thepresent disclosure to perform communication.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating one example of a schematicconfiguration of the radio communication system according to the oneembodiment. A radio communication system 1 can apply Carrier Aggregation(CA) and/or Dual Connectivity (DC) that aggregate a plurality of basefrequency blocks (component carriers) whose 1 unit is a system bandwidth(e.g., 20 MHz) of the LTE system.

In this regard, the radio communication system 1 may be referred to asLong Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B),SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, the 4th generation mobile communication system(4G), the 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), New Radio(NR), Future Radio Access (FRA) and the New Radio Access Technology(New-RAT), or a system that realizes these techniques.

The radio communication system 1 includes a radio base station 11 thatforms a macro cell C1 of a relatively wide coverage, and radio basestations 12 (12 a to 12 c) that are located in the macro cell C1 andform small cells C2 narrower than the macro cell C1. Furthermore, a userterminal 20 is located in the macro cell C1 and each small cell C2. Anarrangement and the numbers of respective cells and the user terminals20 are not limited to the aspect illustrated in FIG. 9.

The user terminal 20 can connect with both of the radio base station 11and the radio base stations 12. The user terminal 20 is assumed toconcurrently use the macro cell C1 and the small cells C2 by using CA orDC. Furthermore, the user terminal 20 can apply CA or DC by using aplurality of cells (CCs).

The user terminal 20 and the radio base station 11 can communicate byusing a carrier (also referred to as a legacy carrier) of a narrowbandwidth in a relatively low frequency band (e.g., 2 GHz). On the otherhand, the user terminal 20 and each radio base station 12 may use acarrier of a wide bandwidth in a relatively high frequency band (e.g.,3.5 GHz or 5 GHz) or may use the same carrier as that used between theuser terminal 20 and the radio base station 11. In this regard, aconfiguration of the frequency band used by each radio base station isnot limited to this.

Furthermore, the user terminal 20 can perform communication by usingTime Division Duplex (TDD) and/or Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) ineach cell. Furthermore, each cell (carrier) may be applied a singlenumerology or may be applied a plurality of different numerologies.

The numerology may be a communication parameter to be applied totransmission and/or reception of a certain signal and/or channel, andmay indicate at least one of, for example, a subcarrier spacing, abandwidth, a symbol length, a cyclic prefix length, a subframe length, aTTI length, the number of symbols per TTI, a radio frame configuration,specific filtering processing performed by a transceiver in a frequencydomain, and specific windowing processing performed by the transceiverin a time domain. For example, a case where subcarrier spacings ofconstituent OFDM symbols are different and/or a case where the numbersof OFDM symbols are different on a certain physical channel may be readas that numerologies are different.

The radio base station 11 and each radio base station 12 (or the tworadio base stations 12) may be connected by way of wired connection(e.g., optical fibers compliant with a Common Public Radio Interface(CPRI) or an X2 interface) or radio connection.

The radio base station 11 and each radio base station 12 are eachconnected with a higher station apparatus 30 and connected with a corenetwork 40 via the higher station apparatus 30. In this regard, thehigher station apparatus 30 includes, for example, an access gatewayapparatus, a Radio Network Controller (RNC) and a Mobility ManagementEntity (MME), yet is not limited to these. Furthermore, each radio basestation 12 may be connected with the higher station apparatus 30 via theradio base station 11.

In this regard, the radio base station 11 is a radio base station thathas a relatively wide coverage, and may be referred to as a macro basestation, an aggregate node, an eNodeB (eNB) or a transmission/receptionpoint. Furthermore, each radio base station 12 is a radio base stationthat has a local coverage, and may be referred to as a small basestation, a micro base station, a pico base station, a femto basestation, a Home eNodeB (HeNB), a Remote Radio Head (RRH) or atransmission/reception point. The radio base stations 11 and 12 will becollectively referred to as a radio base station 10 below when notdistinguished.

Each user terminal 20 is a terminal that supports various communicationschemes such as LTE and LTE-A, and may include not only a mobilecommunication terminal (mobile station) but also a fixed communicationterminal (fixed station).

The radio communication system 1 applies Orthogonal Frequency-DivisionMultiple Access (OFDMA) to downlink and applies Single Carrier-FrequencyDivision Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and/or OFDMA to uplink as radioaccess schemes.

OFDMA is a multicarrier transmission scheme that divides a frequencyband into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and mapsdata on each subcarrier to perform communication. SC-FDMA is a singlecarrier transmission scheme that divides a system bandwidth into bandsincluding one or contiguous resource blocks per terminal and causes aplurality of terminals to use respectively different bands to reduce aninter-terminal interference. In this regard, uplink and downlink radioaccess schemes are not limited to a combination of these schemes, andother radio access schemes may be used.

The radio communication system 1 uses a downlink shared channel (PDSCH:Physical Downlink Shared Channel) shared by each user terminal 20, abroadcast channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast Channel) and a downlinkL1/L2 control channel as downlink channels. User data, higher layercontrol information and a System Information Block (SIB) are conveyed onthe PDSCH. Furthermore, a Master Information Block (MIB) is conveyed onthe PBCH.

The downlink L1/L2 control channel includes a Physical Downlink ControlChannel (PDCCH), an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH),a Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH), and a PhysicalHybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH). Downlink Control Information (DCI)including scheduling information of the PDSCH and/or the PUSCH isconveyed on the PDCCH.

In addition, the scheduling information may be notified by the DCI. Forexample, DCI for scheduling DL data reception may be referred to as a DLassignment, and DCI for scheduling UL data transmission may be referredto as a UL grant.

The number of OFDM symbols used for the PDCCH is conveyed on the PCFICH.Transmission acknowledgement information (also referred to as, forexample, retransmission control information, HARQ-ACK or ACK/NACK) of aHybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) for the PUSCH is conveyed on thePHICH. The EPDCCH is subjected to frequency division multiplexing withthe PDSCH (downlink shared data channel) and is used to convey DCIsimilar to the PDCCH.

The radio communication system 1 uses an uplink shared channel (PUSCH:Physical Uplink Shared Channel) shared by each user terminal 20, anuplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel), and arandom access channel (PRACH: Physical Random Access Channel) as uplinkchannels. User data and higher layer control information are conveyed onthe PUSCH. Furthermore, downlink radio quality information (CQI: ChannelQuality

Indicator), transmission acknowledgement information and a SchedulingRequest (SR) are conveyed on the PUCCH. A random access preamble forestablishing connection with a cell is conveyed on the PRACH.

The radio communication system 1 conveys a Cell-specific ReferenceSignal (CRS), a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), aDeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) and a Positioning Reference Signal(PRS) as downlink reference signals. Furthermore, the radiocommunication system 1 conveys a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) and aDeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) as uplink reference signals. Inthis regard, the DMRS may be referred to as a user terminal-specificreference signal (UE-specific reference signal). Furthermore, areference signal to be conveyed is not limited to these.

Radio Base Station

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating one example of an overallconfiguration of the radio base station according to the one embodiment.The radio base station 10 includes pluralities of transmission/receptionantennas 101, amplifying sections 102 and transmission/receptionsections 103, a baseband signal processing section 104, a callprocessing section 105 and a channel interface 106. In this regard, theradio base station 10 only needs to be configured to include one or moreof each of the transmission/reception antennas 101, the amplifyingsections 102 and the transmission/reception sections 103.

User data transmitted from the radio base station 10 to the userterminal 20 on downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 tothe baseband signal processing section 104 via the channel interface106.

The baseband signal processing section 104 performs processing of aPacket Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, segmentation andconcatenation of the user data, transmission processing of a Radio LinkControl (RLC) layer such as RLC retransmission control, Medium AccessControl (MAC) retransmission control (e.g., HARQ transmissionprocessing), and transmission processing such as scheduling,transmission format selection, channel coding, Inverse Fast FourierTransform (IFFT) processing, and precoding processing on the user data,and transfers the user data to each transmission/reception section 103.Furthermore, the baseband signal processing section 104 performstransmission processing such as channel coding and inverse fast Fouriertransform on a downlink control signal, too, and transfers the downlinkcontrol signal to each transmission/reception section 103.

Each transmission/reception section 103 converts a baseband signalprecoded and output per antenna from the baseband signal processingsection 104 into a radio frequency range, and transmits a radiofrequency signal. The radio frequency signal subjected to frequencyconversion by each transmission/reception section 103 is amplified byeach amplifying section 102, and is transmitted from eachtransmission/reception antenna 101. The transmission/reception sections103 can be composed of transmitters/receivers, transmission/receptioncircuits or transmission/reception apparatuses described based on acommon knowledge in a technical field according to the presentdisclosure. In this regard, the transmission/reception sections 103 maybe composed as an integrated transmission/reception section or may becomposed of transmission sections and reception sections.

Meanwhile, each amplifying section 102 amplifies a radio frequencysignal received by each transmission/reception antenna 101 as an uplinksignal. Each transmission/reception section 103 receives the uplinksignal amplified by each amplifying section 102. Eachtransmission/reception section 103 performs frequency conversion on thereceived signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signalto the baseband signal processing section 104.

The baseband signal processing section 104 performs Fast FourierTransform (FFT) processing, Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT)processing, error correcting decoding, MAC retransmission controlreception processing, and reception processing of an RLC layer and aPDCP layer on user data included in the input uplink signal, andtransfers the user data to the higher station apparatus 30 via thechannel interface 106. The call processing section 105 performs callprocessing (such as a configuration and release) of a communicationchannel, state management of the radio base station 10 and radioresource management.

The channel interface 106 transmits and receives signals to and from thehigher station apparatus 30 via a given interface. Furthermore, thechannel interface 106 may transmit and receive (backhaul signaling)signals to and from the another radio base station 10 via an inter-basestation interface (e.g., optical fibers compliant with the Common PublicRadio Interface (CPRI) or the X2 interface).

Each transmission/reception section 103 may receive channel stateinformation (e.g., A-CSI) transmitted from the user terminal 20 by usinga resource indicated by DCI. Each transmission/reception section 103 maytransmit a CSI transmission instruction (a trigger or a UL grant) to theuser terminal 20. Furthermore, each transmission/reception section 103may transmit information related to a priority of an A-CSI reportings tothe user terminal 20.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating one example of a functionconfiguration of the radio base station according to the one embodimentof the present disclosure. In addition, this example mainly illustratesfunction blocks of characteristic portions according to the presentembodiment, and assumes that the radio base station 10 includes otherfunction blocks, too, that are necessary for radio communication.

The baseband signal processing section 104 includes at least a controlsection (scheduler) 301, a transmission signal generating section 302, amapping section 303, a received signal processing section 304 and ameasurement section 305. In addition, these components only need to beincluded in the radio base station 10, and part or all of the componentsmay not be included in the baseband signal processing section 104.

The control section (scheduler) 301 controls the entire radio basestation 10. The control section 301 can be composed of a controller, acontrol circuit or a control apparatus described based on the commonknowledge in the technical field according to the present disclosure.

The control section 301 controls, for example, signal generation of thetransmission signal generating section 302 and signal allocation of themapping section 303. Furthermore, the control section 301 controlssignal reception processing of the received signal processing section304 and signal measurement of the measurement section 305.

The control section 301 controls scheduling (e.g., resource allocation)of system information, a downlink data signal (e.g., a signal that istransmitted on the PDSCH), and a downlink control signal (e.g., a signalthat is transmitted on the PDCCH and/or the EPDCCH and is, for example,transmission acknowledgement information). Furthermore, the controlsection 301 controls generation of a downlink control signal and adownlink data signal based on a result obtained by deciding whether ornot it is necessary to perform retransmission control on an uplink datasignal.

The control section 301 controls scheduling of synchronization signals(e.g., a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS)/a SecondarySynchronization Signal (SSS)) and downlink reference signals (e.g., aCRS, a CSI-RS and a DMRS).

The control section 301 controls scheduling of an uplink data signal(e.g., a signal that is transmitted on the PUSCH), an uplink controlsignal (e.g., a signal that is transmitted on the PUCCH and/or the PUSCHand is, for example, transmission acknowledgement information), a randomaccess preamble (e.g., a signal that is transmitted on the PRACH) and anuplink reference signal.

The control section 301 may perform control such that transmissiondurations of a plurality of UL signals (e.g., pieces of A-CSI) do notoverlap in the same symbol. Furthermore, the control section 301 mayperform control to configure to different symbols in an identical slotthe transmission durations of a plurality of UL signals whosetransmission is instructed based on different pieces of downlink controlinformation, or may perform control not to configure the transmissiondurations of a plurality of UL signals in the identical slot.

The transmission signal generating section 302 generates a downlinksignal (such as a downlink control signal, a downlink data signal or adownlink reference signal) based on an instruction from the controlsection 301, and outputs the downlink signal to the mapping section 303.The transmission signal generating section 302 can be composed of asignal generator, a signal generating circuit or a signal generatingapparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical fieldaccording to the present disclosure.

The transmission signal generating section 302 generates, for example, aDL assignment for giving notification of downlink data allocationinformation, and/or a UL grant for giving notification of uplink dataallocation information based on the instruction from the control section301. The DL assignment and the UL grant are both DCI, and conform to aDCI format. Furthermore, the transmission signal generating section 302performs encoding processing and modulation processing on the downlinkdata signal according to a code rate and a modulation scheme determinedbased on Channel State Information (CSI) from each user terminal 20.

The mapping section 303 maps the downlink signal generated by thetransmission signal generating section 302, on given radio resourcesbased on the instruction from the control section 301, and outputs thedownlink signal to each transmission/reception section 103. The mappingsection 303 can be composed of a mapper, a mapping circuit or a mappingapparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical fieldaccording to the present disclosure.

The received signal processing section 304 performs reception processing(e.g., demapping, demodulation and decoding) on a received signal inputfrom each transmission/reception section 103. In this regard, thereceived signal is, for example, an uplink signal (such as an uplinkcontrol signal, an uplink data signal or an uplink reference signal)transmitted from the user terminal 20. The received signal processingsection 304 can be composed of a signal processor, a signal processingcircuit or a signal processing apparatus described based on the commonknowledge in the technical field according to the present disclosure.

The received signal processing section 304 outputs information decodedby the reception processing to the control section 301. When, forexample, receiving the PUCCH including HARQ-ACK, the received signalprocessing section 304 outputs the HARQ-ACK to the control section 301.Furthermore, the received signal processing section 304 outputs thereceived signal and/or the signal after the reception processing to themeasurement section 305.

The measurement section 305 performs measurement related to the receivedsignal. The measurement section 305 can be composed of a measurementinstrument, a measurement circuit or a measurement apparatus describedbased on the common knowledge in the technical field according to thepresent disclosure.

For example, the measurement section 305 may perform Radio ResourceManagement (RRM) measurement or Channel State Information (CSI)measurement based on the received signal. The measurement section 305may measure received power (e.g., Reference Signal Received Power(RSRP)), received quality (e.g., Reference Signal Received Quality(RSRQ), a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) or a Signal toNoise Ratio (SNR)), a signal strength (e.g., a Received Signal StrengthIndicator (RSSI)) or channel information (e.g., CSI). The measurementsection 305 may output a measurement result to the control section 301.

User Terminal

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating one example of an overallconfiguration of the user terminal according to the one embodiment. Theuser terminal 20 includes pluralities of transmission/reception antennas201, amplifying sections 202 and transmission/reception sections 203, abaseband signal processing section 204 and an application section 205.In this regard, the user terminal 20 only needs to be configured toinclude one or more of each of the transmission/reception antennas 201,the amplifying sections 202 and the transmission/reception sections 203.

Each amplifying section 202 amplifies a radio frequency signal receivedat each transmission/reception antenna 201. Each transmission/receptionsection 203 receives a downlink signal amplified by each amplifyingsection 202. Each transmission/reception section 203 performs frequencyconversion on the received signal into a baseband signal, and outputsthe baseband signal to the baseband signal processing section 204. Thetransmission/reception sections 203 can be composed oftransmitters/receivers, transmission/reception circuits ortransmission/reception apparatuses described based on the commonknowledge in the technical field according to the present disclosure. Inthis regard, the transmission/reception sections 203 may be composed asan integrated transmission/reception section or may be composed oftransmission sections and reception sections.

The baseband signal processing section 204 performs FFT processing,error correcting decoding and retransmission control receptionprocessing on the input baseband signal. The baseband signal processingsection 204 transfers downlink user data to the application section 205.The application section 205 performs processing related to layers higherthan a physical layer and an MAC layer. Furthermore, the baseband signalprocessing section 204 may transfer broadcast information of thedownlink data, too, to the application section 205.

On the other hand, the application section 205 inputs uplink user datato the baseband signal processing section 204. The baseband signalprocessing section 204 performs retransmission control transmissionprocessing (e.g., HARQ transmission processing), channel coding,precoding, Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) processing and IFFTprocessing on the uplink user data, and transfers the uplink user datato each transmission/reception section 203.

Each transmission/reception section 203 converts the baseband signaloutput from the baseband signal processing section 204 into a radiofrequency range, and transmits a radio frequency signal. The radiofrequency signal subjected to the frequency conversion by eachtransmission/reception section 203 is amplified by each amplifyingsection 202, and is transmitted from each transmission/reception antenna201.

Each transmission/reception section 203 transmits one or more UL signalsby using an uplink shared channel based on an instruction from the basestation. Each transmission/reception section 203 may receive the CSItransmission instruction (the trigger or the UL grant). Furthermore,each transmission/reception section 203 may receive information relatedto the priority of the A-CSI reportings.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating one example of a functionconfiguration of the user terminal according to the one embodiment. Inaddition, this example mainly illustrates function blocks ofcharacteristic portions according to the present embodiment, and assumesthat the user terminal 20 includes other function blocks, too, that arenecessary for radio communication.

The baseband signal processing section 204 of the user terminal 20includes at least a control section 401, a transmission signalgenerating section 402, a mapping section 403, a received signalprocessing section 404 and a measurement section 405. In addition, thesecomponents only need to be included in the user terminal 20, and part orall of the components may not be included in the baseband signalprocessing section 204.

The control section 401 controls the entire user terminal 20. Thecontrol section 401 can be composed of a controller, a control circuitor a control apparatus described based on the common knowledge in thetechnical field according to the present disclosure.

The control section 401 controls, for example, signal generation of thetransmission signal generating section 402 and signal allocation of themapping section 403. Furthermore, the control section 401 controlssignal reception processing of the received signal processing section404 and signal measurement of the measurement section 405.

The control section 401 obtains from the received signal processingsection 404 a downlink control signal and a downlink data signaltransmitted from the radio base station 10. The control section 401controls generation of an uplink control signal and/or an uplink datasignal based on a result obtained by deciding whether or not it isnecessary to perform retransmission control on the downlink controlsignal and/or the downlink data signal.

The control section 401 may control transmission assuming that thetransmission durations of a plurality of UL signals do not overlap inthe same symbol. In this case, the control section 401 may assume thatthe transmission durations of a plurality of UL signals whosetransmission is instructed based on the different pieces of downlinkcontrol information can be configured to different symbols in anidentical slot.

Alternatively, the control section 401 may perform control to select andtransmit part of the UL signals when at least part of the transmissiondurations of a plurality of UL signals overlap in the same symbol. Forexample, the control section 401 may perform control to transmit part ofthe UL signals using an uplink shared channel whose transmission starttiming is late when a plurality of uplink shared channels are scheduledfor transmission of a plurality of UL signals. Furthermore, the controlsection 401 may determine the part of the UL signals based on at leastone of a UL transmission scheme, a UL signal type, a cell type thatsupports UL transmission, and index numbers of the UL signals.

Alternatively, the control section 401 may perform control to shift atransmission start timing of at least one uplink shared channel suchthat, when at least part of transmission durations of a plurality ofuplink shared channels scheduled for transmission of a plurality of ULsignals overlap in the same symbol, the transmission durations of aplurality of uplink shared channels do not overlap.

Furthermore, when obtaining from the received signal processing section404 various pieces of information notified from the radio base station10, the control section 401 may update a parameter used for controlbased on the various pieces of information.

The transmission signal generating section 402 generates an uplinksignal (such as an uplink control signal, an uplink data signal or anuplink reference signal) based on an instruction from the controlsection 401, and outputs the uplink signal to the mapping section 403.The transmission signal generating section 402 can be composed of asignal generator, a signal generating circuit or a signal generatingapparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical fieldaccording to the present disclosure.

The transmission signal generating section 402 generates, for example,an uplink control signal related to transmission acknowledgementinformation and Channel State Information (CSI) based on the instructionfrom the control section 401. Furthermore, the transmission signalgenerating section 402 generates an uplink data signal based on theinstruction from the control section 401. When, for example, thedownlink control signal notified from the radio base station 10 includesa UL grant, the transmission signal generating section 402 is instructedby the control section 401 to generate an uplink data signal.

The mapping section 403 maps the uplink signal generated by thetransmission signal generating section 402, on radio resources based onthe instruction from the control section 401, and outputs the uplinksignal to each transmission/reception section 203. The mapping section403 can be composed of a mapper, a mapping circuit or a mappingapparatus described based on the common knowledge in the technical fieldaccording to the present disclosure.

The received signal processing section 404 performs reception processing(e.g., demapping, demodulation and decoding) on the received signalinput from each transmission/reception section 203. In this regard, thereceived signal is, for example, a downlink signal (such as a downlinkcontrol signal, a downlink data signal or a downlink reference signal)transmitted from the radio base station 10. The received signalprocessing section 404 can be composed of a signal processor, a signalprocessing circuit or a signal processing apparatus described based onthe common knowledge in the technical field according to the presentdisclosure. Furthermore, the received signal processing section 404 cancompose the reception section according to the present disclosure.

The received signal processing section 404 outputs information decodedby the reception processing to the control section 401. The receivedsignal processing section 404 outputs, for example, broadcastinformation, system information, an RRC signaling and DCI to the controlsection 401. Furthermore, the received signal processing section 404outputs the received signal and/or the signal after the receptionprocessing to the measurement section 405.

The measurement section 405 performs measurement related to the receivedsignal. The measurement section 405 can be composed of a measurementinstrument, a measurement circuit or a measurement apparatus describedbased on the common knowledge in the technical field according to thepresent disclosure.

For example, the measurement section 405 may perform RRM measurement orCSI measurement based on the received signal. The measurement section405 may measure received power (e.g., RSRP), received quality (e.g.,RSRQ, an SINR or an SNR), a signal strength (e.g., RSSI) or channelinformation (e.g., CSI). The measurement section 405 may output ameasurement result to the control section 401.

Hardware Configuration

In addition, the block diagrams used to describe the above embodimentillustrate blocks in function units. These function blocks (components)are realized by an optional combination of hardware and/or software.Furthermore, a method for realizing each function block is not limitedin particular. That is, each function block may be realized by using onephysically and/or logically coupled apparatus or may be realized byusing a plurality of these apparatuses formed by connecting two or morephysically and/or logically separate apparatuses directly and/orindirectly (by way of, for example, wired connection and/or radioconnection).

For example, the radio base station and the user terminal according tothe one embodiment of the present disclosure may function as computersthat perform processing of the radio communication method according tothe present disclosure. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating one example ofthe hardware configurations of the radio base station and the userterminal according to the one embodiment. The above-described radio basestation 10 and user terminal 20 may be each physically configured as acomputer apparatus that includes a processor 1001, a memory 1002, astorage 1003, a communication apparatus 1004, an input apparatus 1005,an output apparatus 1006 and a bus 1007.

In this regard, a word “apparatus” in the following description can beread as a circuit, a device or a unit. The hardware configurations ofthe radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be configured toinclude one or a plurality of apparatuses illustrated in FIG. 14 or maybe configured without including part of the apparatuses.

For example, FIG. 14 illustrates the only one processor 1001. However,there may be a plurality of processors. Furthermore, processing may beexecuted by 1 processor or processing may be executed by one or moreprocessors concurrently or successively or by using another method. Inaddition, the processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips.

Each function of the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 isrealized by, for example, causing hardware such as the processor 1001and the memory 1002 to read given software (program), and therebycausing the processor 1001 to perform an operation, and controlcommunication via the communication apparatus 1004 and control readingand/or writing of data in the memory 1002 and the storage 1003.

The processor 1001 causes, for example, an operating system to operateto control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be composed of aCentral Processing Unit (CPU) including an interface for a peripheralapparatus, a control apparatus, an operation apparatus and a register.For example, the above-described baseband signal processing section 104(204) and call processing section 105 may be realized by the processor1001.

Furthermore, the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), asoftware module or data from the storage 1003 and/or the communicationapparatus 1004 out to the memory 1002, and executes various types ofprocessing according to these programs, software module or data. As theprograms, programs that cause the computer to execute at least part ofthe operations described in the above-described embodiment are used. Forexample, the control section 401 of the user terminal 20 may be realizedby a control program that is stored in the memory 1002 and operates onthe processor 1001, and other function blocks may be also realizedlikewise.

The memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may becomposed of at least one of, for example, a Read Only Memory (ROM), anErasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), an Electrically EPROM (EEPROM), aRandom Access Memory (RAM) and other appropriate storage media. Thememory 1002 may be referred to as a register, a cache or a main memory(main storage apparatus). The memory 1002 can store programs (programcodes) and a software module that can be executed to perform the radiocommunication method according to the one embodiment.

The storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may becomposed of at least one of, for example, a flexible disk, a floppy(registered trademark) disk, a magnetooptical disk (e.g., a compact disk(Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM)), a digital versatile disk and a Blu-ray(registered trademark) disk), a removable disk, a hard disk drive, asmart card, a flash memory device (e.g., a card, a stick or a keydrive), a magnetic stripe, a database, a server and other appropriatestorage media. The storage 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliarystorage apparatus.

The communication apparatus 1004 is hardware (transmission/receptiondevice) that performs communication between computers via wired and/orradio networks, and will be also referred to as, for example, a networkdevice, a network controller, a network card and a communication module.The communication apparatus 1004 may be configured to include a highfrequency switch, a duplexer, a filter and a frequency synthesizer torealize, for example, Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and/or TimeDivision Duplex (TDD). For example, the above-describedtransmission/reception antennas 101 (201), amplifying sections 102(202), transmission/reception sections 103 (203) and channel interface106 may be realized by the communication apparatus 1004.

The input apparatus 1005 is an input device (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse,a microphone, a switch, a button or a sensor) that accepts an input froman outside. The output apparatus 1006 is an output device (e.g., adisplay, a speaker or a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamp) that sends anoutput to the outside. In addition, the input apparatus 1005 and theoutput apparatus 1006 may be an integrated component (e.g., touchpanel).

Furthermore, each apparatus such as the processor 1001 or the memory1002 is connected by the bus 1007 that communicates information. The bus1007 may be composed by using a single bus or may be composed by usingdifferent buses between apparatuses.

Furthermore, the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may beconfigured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a DigitalSignal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit(ASIC), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD) and a Field Programmable GateArray (FPGA). The hardware may be used to realize part or all of eachfunction block. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented byusing at least one of these types of hardware.

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In addition, each term that has been described in this descriptionand/or each term that is necessary to understand this description may bereplaced with terms having identical or similar meanings. For example, achannel and/or a symbol may be signals (signalings). Furthermore, asignal may be a message. A reference signal can be also abbreviated asan RS (Reference Signal), or may be also referred to as a pilot or apilot signal depending on standards to be applied. Furthermore, aComponent Carrier (CC) may be referred to as a cell, a frequency carrierand a carrier frequency.

Furthermore, a radio frame may include one or a plurality of durations(frames) in a time domain. Each of one or a plurality of durations(frames) that composes a radio frame may be referred to as a subframe.Furthermore, the subframe may include one or a plurality of slots in thetime domain. The subframe may be a fixed time duration (e.g., 1 ms) thatdoes not depend on the numerologies.

Furthermore, the slot may include one or a plurality of symbols(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols or SingleCarrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbols) in thetime domain. Furthermore, the slot may be a time unit based on thenumerologies. Furthermore, the slot may include a plurality of minislots. Each mini slot may include one or a plurality of symbols in thetime domain. Furthermore, the mini slot may be referred to as a subslot.

The radio frame, the subframe, the slot, the mini slot and the symboleach indicate a time unit for conveying signals. The other correspondingnames may be used for the radio frame, the subframe, the slot, the minislot and the symbol. For example, 1 subframe may be referred to as aTransmission Time Interval (TTI), a plurality of contiguous subframesmay be referred to as TTIs, or 1 slot or 1 mini slot may be referred toas a TTI. That is, the subframe and/or the TTI may be a subframe (1 ms)according to legacy LTE, may be a duration (e.g., 1 to 13 symbols)shorter than 1 ms or may be a duration longer than 1 ms. In addition, aunit that indicates the TTI may be referred to as a slot or a mini slotinstead of a subframe.

In this regard, the TTI refers to, for example, a minimum time unit ofscheduling for radio communication. For example, in the LTE system, theradio base station performs scheduling for allocating radio resources (afrequency bandwidth or transmission power that can be used in each userterminal) in TTI units to each user terminal. In this regard, adefinition of the TTI is not limited to this.

The TTI may be a transmission time unit of a channel-coded data packet(transport block), code block and/or codeword, or may be a processingunit of scheduling or link adaptation. In addition, when the TTI isgiven, a time period (e.g., the number of symbols) in which a transportblock, a code block and/or a codeword are actually mapped may be shorterthan the TTI.

In addition, when 1 slot or 1 mini slot is referred to as a TTI, one ormore TTIs (i.e., one or more slots or one or more mini slots) may be aminimum time unit of scheduling. Furthermore, the number of slots (thenumber of mini slots) that compose a minimum time unit of the schedulingmay be controlled.

The TTI having the time duration of 1 ms may be referred to as a generalTTI (TTIs according to LTE Rel. 8 to 12), a normal TTI, a long TTI, ageneral subframe, a normal subframe or a long subframe. A TTI shorterthan the general TTI may be referred to as a reduced TTI, a short TTI, apartial or fractional TTI, a reduced subframe, a short subframe, a minislot or a subslot.

In addition, the long TTI (e.g., the general TTI or the subframe) may beread as a TTI having a time duration exceeding 1 ms, and the short TTI(e.g., the reduced TTI) may be read as a TTI having a TTI length lessthan the TTI length of the long TTI and equal to or more than 1 ms.

A Resource Block (RB) is a resource allocation unit of the time domainand the frequency domain, and may include one or a plurality ofcontiguous subcarriers in the frequency domain. Furthermore, the RB mayinclude one or a plurality of symbols in the time domain or may have thelength of 1 slot, 1 mini slot, 1 subframe or 1 TTI. 1 TTI or 1 subframemay each include one or a plurality of resource blocks. In this regard,one or a plurality of RBs may be referred to as a Physical ResourceBlock (PRB: Physical RB), a Sub-Carrier Group (SCG), a Resource ElementGroup (REG), a PRB pair or an RB pair.

Furthermore, the resource block may include one or a plurality ofResource Elements (REs). For example, 1 RE may be a radio resourcedomain of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.

In this regard, structures of the above-described radio frame, subframe,slot, mini slot and symbol are only exemplary structures. For example,configurations such as the number of subframes included in a radioframe, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number ofmini slots included in a slot, the numbers of symbols and RBs includedin a slot or a mini slot, the number of subcarriers included in an RB,the number of symbols in a TTI, a symbol length and a Cyclic Prefix (CP)length can be variously changed.

Furthermore, the information and the parameters described in thisdescription may be expressed by using absolute values, may be expressedby using relative values with respect to given values or may beexpressed by using other corresponding information. For example, a radioresource may be instructed by a given index.

Names used for parameters in this description are in no respectrestrictive names. For example, various channels (the Physical UplinkControl Channel (PUCCH) and the Physical Downlink Control Channel(PDCCH)) and information elements can be identified based on varioussuitable names. Therefore, various names assigned to these variouschannels and information elements are in no respect restrictive names.

The information and the signals described in this description may beexpressed by using one of various different techniques. For example, thedata, the instructions, the commands, the information, the signals, thebits, the symbols and the chips mentioned in the above entiredescription may be expressed as voltages, currents, electromagneticwaves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or photons,or optional combinations of these.

Furthermore, the information and the signals can be output from a higherlayer to a lower layer and/or from the lower layer to the higher layer.The information and the signals may be input and output via a pluralityof network nodes.

The input and output information and signals may be stored in a specificlocation (e.g., memory) or may be managed by using a management table.The information and signals to be input and output can be overwritten,updated or additionally written. The output information and signals maybe deleted. The input information and signals may be transmitted toother apparatuses.

Notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodimentdescribed in this description and may be performed by using othermethods. For example, the information may be notified by a physicallayer signaling (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI) and UplinkControl Information (UCI)), a higher layer signaling (e.g., a RadioResource Control (RRC) signaling, broadcast information (a MasterInformation Block (MIB) and a System Information Block (SIB)), and aMedium Access Control (MAC) signaling), other signals or combinations ofthese.

In addition, the physical layer signaling may be referred to as Layer1/Layer 2 (L1/L2) control information (L1/L2 control signal) or L1control information (L1 control signal). Furthermore, the RRC signalingmay be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, anRRCConnectionSetup message or an RRCConnectionReconfiguration message.Furthermore, the MAC signaling may be notified by using, for example, anMAC Control Element (MAC CE).

Furthermore, notification of given information (e.g., notification of“being X”) is not limited to explicit notification, and may be givenimplicitly (by, for example, not giving notification of the giveninformation or by giving notification of another information).

Decision may be made based on a value (0 or 1) expressed as 1 bit, maybe made based on a boolean expressed as true or false or may be made bycomparing numerical values (by, for example, making comparison with agiven value).

Irrespectively of whether software is referred to as software, firmware,middleware, a microcode or a hardware description language or isreferred to as other names, the software should be widely interpreted tomean a command, a command set, a code, a code segment, a program code, aprogram, a subprogram, a software module, an application, a softwareapplication, a software package, a routine, a subroutine, an object, anexecutable file, an execution thread, a procedure or a function.

Furthermore, software, commands and information may be transmitted andreceived via transmission media. When, for example, the software istransmitted from websites, servers or other remote sources by usingwired techniques (e.g., coaxial cables, optical fiber cables, twistedpairs and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSLs)) and/or radio techniques(e.g., infrared rays and microwaves), these wired techniques and/orradio techniques are included in a definition of the transmission media.

The terms “system” and “network” used in this description areinterchangeably used.

In this description, the terms “Base Station (BS)”, “radio basestation”, “eNB”, “gNB”, “cell”, “sector”, “cell group”, “carrier” and“component carrier” can be interchangeably used. The base station willbe also referred to as a term such as a fixed station, a NodeB, aneNodeB (eNB), an access point, a transmission point, a reception point,a femtocell or a small cell in some cases.

The base station can accommodate one or a plurality of (e.g., three)cells (also referred to as sectors). When the base station accommodatesa plurality of cells, an entire coverage area of the base station can bepartitioned into a plurality of smaller areas. Each smaller area canalso provide a communication service via a base station subsystem (e.g.,indoor small base station (RRH: Remote Radio Head)). The term “cell” or“sector” indicates part or the entirety of the coverage area of the basestation and/or the base station subsystem that provide a communicationservice in this coverage.

In this description, the terms “Mobile Station (MS)”, “user terminal”,“user apparatus (UE: User Equipment)” and “terminal” can beinterchangeably used.

The mobile station will be also referred to by a person skilled in theart as a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, awireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, awireless communication device, a remote device, a mobile subscriberstation, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, aremote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client orsome other appropriate terms in some cases.

Furthermore, the radio base station in this description may be read asthe user terminal. For example, each aspect/embodiment of the presentdisclosure may be applied to a configuration where communication betweenthe radio base station and the user terminal is replaced withcommunication between a plurality of user terminals (D2D:Device-to-Device). In this case, the user terminal 20 may be configuredto include the functions of the above-described radio base station 10.Furthermore, words such as “uplink” and “downlink” may be read as a“side”. For example, the uplink channel may be read as a side channel.

Similarly, the user terminal in this description may be read as theradio base station. In this case, the radio base station 10 may beconfigured to include the functions of the above-described user terminal20.

In this description, operations performed by the base station areperformed by an upper node of this base station depending on cases.Obviously, in a network including one or a plurality of network nodesincluding the base stations, various operations performed to communicatewith a terminal can be performed by base stations, one or more networknodes (that are supposed to be, for example, Mobility ManagementEntities (MMEs) or Serving-Gateways (S-GWs) yet are not limited tothese) other than the base stations or a combination of these.

Each aspect/embodiment described in this description may be used alone,may be used in combination or may be switched and used when carried out.Furthermore, orders of the processing procedures, the sequences and theflowchart according to each aspect/embodiment described in thisdescription may be rearranged unless contradictions arise. For example,the method described in this description presents various step elementsin an exemplary order and is not limited to the presented specificorder.

Each aspect/embodiment described in this description may be applied toLong Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B),SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, the 4th generation mobile communication system(4G), the 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), Future RadioAccess (FRA), the New Radio Access Technology (New-RAT), New Radio (NR),New radio access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX), GlobalSystem for Mobile communications (GSM) (registered trademark), CDMA2000,Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registeredtrademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20,Ultra-WideB and (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), systems thatuse other appropriate radio communication methods and/or next-generationsystems that are expanded based on these systems.

The phrase “based on” used in this description does not mean “based onlyon” unless specified otherwise. In other words, the phrase “based on”means both of “based only on” and “based at least on”.

Every reference to elements that use names such as “first” and “second”used in this description does not generally limit the quantity or theorder of these elements. These names can be used in this description asa convenient method for distinguishing between two or more elements.Hence, the reference to the first and second elements does not mean thatonly two elements can be employed or the first element should precedethe second element in some way.

The term “deciding (determining)” used in this description includesdiverse operations in some cases. For example, “deciding (determining)”may be regarded to “decide (determine)” calculating, computing,processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (e.g., looking up in atable, a database or another data structure) and ascertaining.Furthermore, “deciding (determining)” may be regarded to “decide(determine)” receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting(e.g., transmitting information), input, output and accessing (e.g.,accessing data in a memory). Furthermore, “deciding (determining)” maybe regarded to “decide (determine)” resolving, selecting, choosing,establishing and comparing. That is, “deciding (determining)” may beregarded to “decide (determine)” some operation.

The words “connected” and “coupled” used in this description or everymodification of these words can mean every direct or indirect connectionor coupling between 2 or more elements, and can include that one or moreintermediate elements exist between the two elements “connected” or“coupled” with each other. The elements may be coupled or connectedphysically or logically or by a combination of these physical andlogical connections. For example, “connection” may be read as “access”.

It can be understood in this description that, when connected, the twoelements are “connected” or “coupled” with each other by using one ormore electric wires, cables and/or printed electrical connection, and byusing electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in radio frequencydomains, microwave domains and/or (both of visible and invisible) lightdomains in some non-restrictive and non-comprehensive examples.

A sentence that “A and B are different” in this description may meanthat “A and B are different from each other”. Words such as “separate”and “coupled” may be also interpreted in a similar manner.

When the words “including” and “comprising” and modifications of thesewords are used in this description or the claims, these words intend tobe comprehensive similar to the word “having”. Furthermore, the word“or” used in this description or the claims intends not to be anexclusive OR.

The invention according to the present disclosure has been described indetail above. However, it is obvious for a person skilled in the artthat the invention according to the present disclosure is not limited tothe embodiment described in this description. The invention according tothe present disclosure can be carried out as modified and changedaspects without departing from the gist and the scope of the inventiondefined based on the recitation of the claims. Accordingly, thedisclosure of this description is intended for exemplary explanation,and does not bring any restrictive meaning to the invention according tothe present disclosure.

1. A user terminal comprising: a transmission section that transmits oneor more UL signals by using an uplink shared channel based on aninstruction from a base station; and a control section that controls thetransmission assuming that transmission durations of a plurality of ULsignals do not overlap in a same symbol, or, when at least part of thetransmission durations of the plurality of UL signals overlap in thesame symbol, performs control to select and transmit the part of the ULsignals.
 2. The user terminal according to claim 1, wherein the controlsection assumes that the transmission durations of the plurality of ULsignals whose transmission is indicated based on different pieces ofdownlink control information can be configured to different symbols in asame slot.
 3. The user terminal according to claim 1, wherein, when aplurality of uplink shared channels are scheduled for transmission ofthe plurality of UL signals, the control section performs control totransmit the part of the UL signals by using an uplink shared channelwhose transmission start timing is late.
 4. The user terminal accordingto claim 1, wherein the control section determines the part of the ULsignals based on at least one of a UL transmission scheme, a UL signaltype, a cell type that supports UL transmission and an index number of aUL signal.
 5. A user terminal comprising: a transmission section thattransmits one or more UL signals by using an uplink shared channel basedon an instruction from a base station; and a control section that, whenat least part of transmission durations of a plurality of uplink sharedchannels scheduled for transmission of a plurality of UL signals overlapin a same symbol, performs control to shift a transmission start timingof at least one uplink shared channel such that the transmissiondurations of the plurality of uplink shared channels do not overlap. 6.A radio communication method of a user terminal comprising: transmittingone or more UL signals by using an uplink shared channel based on aninstruction from a base station; and controlling the transmissionassuming that transmission durations of a plurality of UL signals do notoverlap in a same symbol, or, when at least part of the transmissiondurations of the plurality of UL signals overlap in the same symbol,performing control to select and transmit the part of the UL signals. 7.The user terminal according to claim 3, wherein the control sectiondetermines the part of the UL signals based on at least one of a ULtransmission scheme, a UL signal type, a cell type that supports ULtransmission and an index number of a UL signal.